Kennedy used a British passport to travel from London to Brazil, where he settled on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, making a living by teaching English.

It's understood that Brazilian federal police had been following Kennedy's movements for four months, but they didn't make an arrest until his deportation documents had been finalized.

Brazilian Federal officers finally arrested the priest on Monday before taking him immediately to Sao Paulo International Airport. Later that evening he was taken to a plane bound for London, where Irish authorities waited for him.

Kennedy was suspended from his ministry in 1986 after multiple abuse claims emerged. He moved to London then and worked as a taxi driver until he made his escape to Brazil.

A brother of the victim who received the record pay-out told the press that his mother had caught the priest molesting her son in her own home.

"My mother heard some roaring from my younger brother's room," the man, known as Joe, told the Daily Mail. "She found him on the floor with his pants down. Kennedy was standing over him adjusting his trousers."

"The priest had told him he had power over life and death and the abuse was to have been their secret. My mother ran him from the house and told him never to come back."

The man added that his brother had become an alcoholic at 18 and he had also self-harmed and tried to commit suicide.

"No amount of money can compensate for that. What is $420,000 to a man who had 20 years of turmoil? It won't bring back his life. Until Kennedy is brought to justice the compensation money means nothing."